Today, as I was on the couch taking a nap, it started violently shaking. I panicked and chased my family outside, convinced it was an earthquake. It was just the cat trapped inside the couch. FML
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murrrrf 12
OP Captain is pushing 25 lbs. he's a big cat. And is very violent when he's scared. Also he likes to hide in odd places. So the recling couch is his favorite fort. The rest of you, I'm Not explaining shit. I
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ThatTennisKid14 13
How in the world did the cat get in the couch?
MrConcise 35
Uhm...do you have more to say?
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iBowdenzz 15
Wtf?
gjikvtj 18
You need someone to explain for you?
colby6666 43
Cat in couch. Cat make couch shake. Human think shake earthquake. Humans run out.
blazingshot147 19
Thanks science side of FML
MortenM 17
How big a cat does OP have to make a couch with an adult sleeping on it shake violently enough to simulate a big earthquake? Seems a bit WTF to me - unless it's a tiger
isuckwithnames 22
The cat could've been by her head when it was shaking the couch. Also OP coulda been tired/woken up when it happened.
ThatTennisKid14 13
How in the world did the cat get in the couch?
itwasthedognotme 14
I don't think I've laughed so violently at this imagine in a while..
gracehi 33
If it's a recliner, there's a lot of empty space underneath the couch to make room for the reclining mechanism. Cats can squeeze into very tight spaces, and they sometimes climb up in there. If you have a cat and a recliner it's important not to recline your couch too quickly, so the cat can have time to get out before he gets caught in the mechanism. I had a kitten that that happened to once. She was okay, but her scream was horrifying.
chinaski7628 32
I had a cat that tore holes in the bottom of my sofa and bed and would burrow inside them. She was an odd little kitty. Luckily all of my furniture is second-hand and pretty shabby anyway, so I never cared.
isuckwithnames 22
Cats are ******* ninjas man.
DonkeyTeeth2013 22
Maybe you should have watched your cat a little bit more?
Isandri 29
oh c'mon, cats wander to some cozy (or just seemingly cozy) places all the time! and besides, you cannot possibly keep an eye on everything constantly. It must have been hilarious moment for your family OP!
slyde32 12
my cat can hide from our whole house hold for hours, not to mention op was asleep
HazNoFriends 4
Yes, let's all stay up all night and watch our pets because we have to watch them every second of our life's.
Vahex 19
That must be one fat cat!
Rainhawk94 27
So just because the couch was shaking and not anything else meant there was an earthquake?
xNephilim 19
OP was taking a nap. Most people turn into complete morons when asleep.
awkward_gothlady 32
People's logic tends to go out the window when they're asleep...
chinaski7628 32
Maybe it's because I've lived in Southern California most of my life, and I've been through many major and minor earthquakes, but earthquakes don't feel (or sound) like shaking furniture. That's why OP's reaction is so funny to me. Most Californians wouldn't even bother to get off the sofa.
alliegator444 4
As someone who has lived in ca all my life, from what I've experienced is that it's pointless to get up because they're usually over in a matter of seconds...
Emma Marshall_738558922 12
Well yeah. Considering he'd just woken up from a nap and was disoriented. Duh
Kranksinnige 11
Did you not see that the couch was the only thing shaking?
zawesomee 14
my first thought would be that the couch is possessed.
Warmonger_Smurf 29
It is possessed, by a now very angry cat.
91hayek 31
Cats can get in anything and then freak out when they can't get out.
helloimclaudia 30
You didn't feel that nothing else was shaking?
ChaCerCam 14
must be a big cat to make you think its and earthquake.